Re:Addressing the distribution of illicit sexual content by ...
by jstarfish on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @12:34PM
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This is just whataboutism. The online aspect facilitates this shit around the entire fucking planet.
Online abstracts a lot of the "creepiness." You're going to be less inclined to take Polaroids of yourself to hand off to some sweaty mouthbreather hanging out the back of a panel van than you will taking selfies to send to some faceless internet "boyfriend."
As a quick example, here's a bunch of accounts of online grooming by anonymous females:
I don't believe these sorts of stories anymore (too much Munchausen-by-Internet these days), but one common feature is: intended victims panicking once things got physical/"real."
Being offline is a wake-up call. Nobody is mailing shit to anyone. That's not a Thing.
Online abstracts a lot of the "creepiness." You're going to be less inclined to take Polaroids of yourself to hand off to some sweaty mouthbreather hanging out the back of a panel van than you will taking selfies to send to some faceless internet "boyfriend."
As a quick example, here's a bunch of accounts of online grooming by anonymous females:
https://lolcow.farm/ot/res/303056.html
I don't believe these sorts of stories anymore (too much Munchausen-by-Internet these days), but one common feature is: intended victims panicking once things got physical/"real."
Being offline is a wake-up call. Nobody is mailing shit to anyone. That's not a Thing.